Author: ProHoster

[Animation] Tech brands are taking over the world

Creating a global brand that is sustainable and competitive is a non-trivial task. The activities of IT concerns lead to a rethinking of the very concept of “competitive advantage.” By responding quickly to consumer needs and leveraging the power of brand, these companies continually create scalable solutions to emerging challenges. The animation below shows the most valuable brands in 2019 compared to 2001, according to the annual World's Best […]

14 open-source projects to improve Data Science skills (easy, normal, hard)

Data Science for Beginners 1. Sentiment Analysis (Sentiment Analysis through Text) See a complete implementation of a Data Science project using source code - Sentiment Analysis Project in R. Sentiment Analysis is the analysis of words to determine sentiments and opinions, which can be positive or negative. This is a type of classification in which classes can be binary (positive and […]

The method of the simplest shorthand. Alphabet and font for her

Many people are put off by the word “shorthand”, and for good reason, since this means a complex system that not only needs to be studied for a long time, but also constantly applied in order for it to be of any use. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the simplest method of recording Russian spoken language using simplified icons, which of course will not increase the recording speed by 2-4 times […]

Japan does not want to pay rewards to hackers for found vulnerabilities

Japan remains one of the few countries in which companies stubbornly refuse to pay rewards to so-called “white hat hackers” - IT security specialists who find vulnerabilities in certain commercial software products. Moreover, in response to a message about a discovered vulnerability, even a simple “thank you” may not be heard. For example, Toyota Motor Company willingly, although only […]

Selection of upcoming free events for developers in Moscow #3 (December 16-24)

I publish a weekly digest of free events for developers in Moscow. Video materials from all past December meetings are here. Open registration events Scalability Meetup #13 December 17, 20:00-22:00, Tuesday. “Overview of Google Cloud Platform data storage and machine learning tools” “Cloud ML and GPU clouds” aws_ru EKS and Architecture December 17, 19:00-21:00, Tuesday. "AWS EKS - Rubik's Cube" […]

One of the actors of Death Stranding let slip about filming in the new PlayStation project

American actor Tommy Earl Jenkins, who played the director of the Bridges organization Diehardman in Death Stranding, let slip in his microblog about his participation in the new PlayStation project. The artist posted a photo from the set, accompanying the image with the caption: “On the set for PlayStation today. I won’t say anything more!” Shortly after publication, the tweet was deleted, so the photo could not be saved. […]

Vulnerability in NPM allowing modification of arbitrary files during package installation

The NPM 6.13.4 package manager update, included with Node.js and used to distribute JavaScript modules, eliminates three vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776 and CVE-2019-16777) that allow modification or overwrite arbitrary system files when installing a package prepared by an attacker. As a workaround for protection, you can install it with the “-ignore-scripts” option, which prohibits the execution of built-in handler packages. NPM developers […]

Microsoft closed the digital content store for Windows Phone 8.1

About a year and a half has passed since Microsoft stopped supporting the Windows Phone 8.1 mobile platform. Now the official application store for this operating system has stopped working. Users will be able to work with applications that are already installed on devices with Windows Phone 8.1, but they will no longer be able to download any new content from the official store. The only way to […]

Chrome 79 update for Android causes WebView-based app data to disappear

Android application developers have noticed a serious flaw in Chrome 79 that leads to the loss of user data in third-party applications that use the WebView browser engine. In Chrome 79, the location of the user profile directory has been changed, which also stores data saved by web applications using the localStorage or WebSQL API. When updating from previous releases [...]

Microsoft brings Bing visual search to the Windows desktop

The Bing search engine, like its many analogues, can recognize objects in photos and search for data on them. Now Microsoft has brought the image search function to the Windows desktop. The innovation allows you not to waste time uploading photos to the service through a browser, but to work directly. It is noted that the function is available in the Photos application and […]

Jonathon F has closed access to a number of popular PPA repositories

The author of the popular set of PPA repositories jonathonf, in which assemblies of new versions of various programs are formed, has limited access to some PPAs in protest against the policies of companies that use the labor of enthusiasts to implement commercial projects and act like parasites, only consuming the results of other people's work, without any -or giving on your part. Jonathon F is offended that they are trying to manipulate him […]